Recently it has been revealed that Barack Obama’s pastor, Rev. Wright has some very divisive racial views. He attacks white Americans and advocates a new separation of the races. Obama has been a member of this man’s church for twenty years or more. He claims Rev. Wright is has been his spiritual mentor for many years. He also claims he did not know Wright’s views and had never heard him speak the way he did about whites.
It would be the height of ignorance to believe Obama did not know his pastor’s racial views. To accept the premise of Obama’s ignorance leads to only one conclusion, Obama is so naive and blind to those around him that he would not make a good leader. It is like Ulysses S. Grant. He was a great leader but was not aware of the corruption of his friends. We can ill afford another president of that caliber.
The proper conclusion to draw is that Obama knew about his pastor beliefs. That leaves you with one of two conclusions, either he believes the same way Rev. Wright believes or he is truly is a tolerant man who looks past his friends flaws. If he believes Rev. Wright’s hat speech then he is unfit to be president as he will find a majority of the people of this nation repugnant. If he is truly tolerant of other people’s opinions then he may be a decent leader but would invite similar controversies in the future. Again, the nation would be in a situation where every move the President makes will be questioned because of his associates (see Tony Rezco).
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